John C. Evans
John C. "Fuzzy" Evans (February 13, 1908 – July 22, 1983) was an American football and basketball player and coach. He served as the head basketball coach at the University of Vermont from 1940 to 1965. His 23 years at the helm of the Vermont Catamounts men's basketball program makes him the longest tenured basketball coach in school history, while his 260 career wins rank second all-time at Vermont. Evans was also the head football coach at Vermont from 1940 to 1951. Playing career Evans played football and basketball at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. His roommate at Illinois was James Reston, later a journalist for ''The New York Times''. Both men were members of Sigma Pi fraternity. Coaching career Evans arrived at Vermont for the 1940–41 season. In his first three years on the job Evans compiled a 29–16 record before the program went on hiatus due to World War II. Two years after the war was over, Vermont basketball enjoyed its best-ever season, w ...
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Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The state's capital and largest city is Columbus, with the Columbus metro area, Greater Cincinnati, and Greater Cleveland being the largest metropolitan areas. Ohio is bordered by Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the west, and Michigan to the northwest. Ohio is historically known as the "Buckeye State" after its Ohio buckeye trees, and Ohioans are also known as "Buckeyes". Its state flag is the only non-rectangular flag of all the U.S. states. Ohio takes its name from the Ohio River, which in turn originated from the Seneca word ''ohiːyo'', meaning "good river", "great river", or "large creek". The state arose from the lands west of the Appalachian Mountai ...
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1947 BAA Draft
The 1947 BAA draft was the 1st draft of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later became the National Basketball Association (NBA). The fledgling BAA held a joint draft with the established National Basketball League (NBL). Both leagues wanted to control salaries by stamping out competitive bidding by assigning exclusive rights to the team selecting a player. The NBL had already signed 11 players, whom they did not feel should be exposed to the draft. The players included college stars Jack Smiley, Ralph Hamilton, Harry Boykoff, John Hargis, Frank Brian, and Charlie Black. As a trade-off, the BAA teams were allowed to select players before the NBL. The draft was held on July 1, 1947, before the 1947–48 season. The nine remaining BAA teams along with the Baltimore Bullets who joined from the American Basketball League, took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. In the first round of the draft, the teams selected in reverse order of their wi ...
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1946 Vermont Catamounts Football Team
The 1946 Vermont Catamounts football team was an American football team that represented the University of Vermont as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1946 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach John C. Evans, the team compiled a 2–3–2 record. Schedule References {{Vermont Catamounts football navbox Vermont Vermont Catamounts football seasons Vermont Catamounts football The Vermont Catamounts football program was the intercollegiate American football team for the University of Vermont located in Burlington, Vermont. The team competed in the NCAA Division I and were members of the Yankee Conference. The school's ...

1946 College Football Season
The 1946 college football season was the 78th season of intercollegiate football in the United States. Competition included schools from the Big Ten Conference, the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the Big Six Conference, the Southern Conference, the Southwestern Conference, and numerous smaller conferences and independent programs. The season saw the return of many programs which had suspended play during World War II, and also the enrollment of many veterans returning from the war. The teams ranked highest in the final Associated Press poll in December 1946 were: # The 1946 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team compiled an 8–0–1 record and was ranked No. 1 in the final AP poll. The Fighting Irish, led by consensus All-Americans Johnny Lujack at quarterback and George Connor at tackle, played a scoreless tie against No. 2 Army in a game billed as the "Game of the Century". Notre Dame also ranked first in the nation in total offense (4 ...
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1945 College Football Season
The 1945 college football season was the 77th season of intercollegiate football in the United States. Competition included schools from the Big Ten Conference, the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the Big Six Conference, the Southern Conference, the Southwestern Conference, and numerous smaller conferences and independent programs. The season followed the end of World War II in August 1945, though many college players remained in military service. The teams ranked highest in the final Associated Press poll in December 1945 were: The year's statistical leaders included halfback Bob Fenimore of Oklahoma A&M with 1,641 yards of total offense and 1,048 rushing yards, quarterback Al Dekdebrun of Cornell with 1,227 passing yards, and end Reid Moseley of Georgia with 662 receiving yards. Conference and program changes Season timeline September The Associated Press did not poll the writers until the third week of the season. Among the teams t ...
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1944 College Football Season
The 1944 college football season was the 76th season of intercollegiate football in the United States. Competition included schools from the Big Ten Conference, the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the Big Six Conference, the Southern Conference, the Southwestern Conference, and numerous smaller conferences and independent programs. The season was played at the height of World War II, starting less than three months after the Normandy landings and as battles raged throughout Europe and the Pacific. As in 1943, the Associated Press poll included service teams, drawn from flight schools and training centers which were preparing men for fighting in the war. Half of the final top 20 teams were composed of service teams, in addition to the Army and Navy service academies. Many colleges that had suspended their programs in 1943 returned to competition in 1944, including the entire SEC. The teams ranked highest in the final Associated Press poll in D ...
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1943 College Football Season
The 1943 college football season was the 75th season of intercollegiate football in the United States. Competition included schools from the Big Ten Conference, the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the Big Six Conference, the Southwestern Conference, and numerous smaller conferences and independent programs. The season was played during World War II. The teams ranked highest in the final Associated Press poll in December 1942 were: # 1943 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team - The Fighting Irish compiled a 9–1 and were ranked No. 1 in the final AP poll. They lost their final game of the season, a Chicago contest against No. 6 Great Lakes Navy. Along the way, however, the Fighting Irish had played one of the toughest college schedules ever, beating two No. 2 ranked teams (Michigan and Iowa Pre-Flight) and two No. 3 ranked teams (Navy and Army). # 1943 Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks football team - In 1943, voting in the AP poll included "servi ...
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1942 Vermont Catamounts Football Team
The 1942 Vermont Catamounts football team was an American football team that represented the University of Vermont as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In their third year under head coach John C. Evans, the team compiled a 4–3 record. Vermont was ranked at No. 417 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942. Schedule References {{Vermont Catamounts football navbox Vermont Vermont Catamounts football seasons Vermont Catamounts football The Vermont Catamounts football program was the intercollegiate American football team for the University of Vermont located in Burlington, Vermont. The team competed in the NCAA Division I and were members of the Yankee Conference. The school's ...

1942 College Football Season
The 1942 college football season was the 74th season of intercollegiate football in the United States. Competition included schools from the Big Ten Conference, the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the Big Six Conference, the Southern Conference, the Southwestern Conference, and numerous smaller conferences and independent programs. The season was the first after the entry of the United States into World War II. The teams ranked highest in the final Associated Press poll in December 1942 were: # Ohio State - Ohio State won the Big Ten championship with a 9–1 record, its one loss coming against No. 3 Wisconsin. The Buckeyes ranked second nationally in scoring offense (33.7 points per game) and fourth in total offense (397.5 yards per game). They were ranked No. 1 in the final AP poll but did not appear in a bowl game. Gene Fekete led the Big Ten with 910 rushing yards. Ohio State was selected as national champions by the Associated Press (AP) po ...
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1941 Vermont Catamounts Football Team
The 1941 Vermont Catamounts football team was an American football team that represented the University of Vermont as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In their second year under head coach John C. Evans, the team compiled a 2–6 record. The Catamounts also defeated the Montreal Bulldogs 28–13 in an exhibition game played at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium in Montreal on October 15. Schedule References {{Vermont Catamounts football navbox Vermont Vermont Catamounts football seasons Vermont Catamounts football The Vermont Catamounts football program was the intercollegiate American football team for the University of Vermont located in Burlington, Vermont. The team competed in the NCAA Division I and were members of the Yankee Conference. The school's ...

1941 College Football Season
The 1941 college football regular season was the 73rd season of college football, intercollegiate football in the United States. Competition included schools from the 1941 Big Ten Conference football season, Big Ten Conference, the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the Big Six Conference, the Southern Conference, the Southwestern Conference, and numerous smaller conferences and independent programs. The teams ranked highest in the final 1941 NCAA football rankings, Associated Press poll in December 1941 were: # 1941 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Minnesota, under head coach Bernie Bierman, compiled a perfect 8–0 record, won the Big Ten championship, and was ranked No. 1. It was Minnesota's fifth national championship in eight years. # 1941 Duke Blue Devils football team, Duke compiled a 9–0 record in the regular season, won the Southern Conference championship, and was ranked No. 2. # 1941 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, ...
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1940 Vermont Catamounts Football Team
The 1940 Vermont Catamounts football team was an American football team that represented the University of Vermont as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their first year under head coach John C. Evans, the team compiled a 4–4 record. Vermont was ranked at No. 284 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940. Schedule References {{Vermont Catamounts football navbox Vermont Vermont Catamounts football seasons Vermont Catamounts football The Vermont Catamounts football program was the intercollegiate American football team for the University of Vermont located in Burlington, Vermont. The team competed in the NCAA Division I and were members of the Yankee Conference. The school's ...